SOMETIMES TEETH are just in the wrong position, and no matter how much your orthodontist tries, the tooth just won't go to the right place. Traction screws are Medicare subsidised procedures, which are simple, cheap, and very quick... And importantly assist in providing just that right amount of traction pull on that stubborn tooth (or teeth)...

Click on the following cases to read more on how traction screws can assist in orthodontic repositioning of teeth.

This 18 year old girl had never developed her left lower second premolar tooth. The orthodontist wanted to have the deciduous molar removed, and to move the permanent first molar into the tooth space, but the length of movement was considerable, and the forces were more likely to move her front teeth backwards, than her back teeth forwards. A traction screw was employed to provide a stable anchorage, and gradually the first molar was moved into ideal position... Read more

This 23 year old female had an impacted lower second molar tooth, and several attempts were made to help it self erupt. The impaction had caused the opposing maxillary second molar to over erupt, and so traction screws were used to intrude the tooth into a normal position... Read more

This 16 year old girl had an anterior open bite, and required classical LeFort orthognathic maxillary surgery to correct it. Instead of orthognathic surgery, traction screws were placed into the posterior maxilla, and used to intrude the posterior teeth, allowing for a reduction of dento-alveolar height, and an elimination of her anterior open bite... Read more

This 15 year old, but skeletally well developed female, had a long lower jaw, which had caused her lower anteriors to be forward of her upper anterior teeth. Classically treated only with orthognathic jaw correction surgery, traction screws were instead employed to "pull-back" the entire lower arch to help approximate a normal Class I occlusion. In this way she avoided major orthognathic corrective surgery... Read more

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